Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 21:14
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 368 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 9.3 6% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 8.5 7% 9 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 201 206 213 213 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 323 Write 213 Mixed 196 SusWrite 199 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 23.3 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 35.1 31% 45 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 94 85 116 113 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	62% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 97.4 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 331GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 27.3 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 28 36% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A00LF 1x8GB 1,281 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 9.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 35%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	88x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	62x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Atermiter 0080 Atermiter 059B 99P5471-016.A00LF 24GBUnknownBench 50%, 9 samples	7x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16